Convert Bytecode to Char in c# Win. Form

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How to convert Bytecode to Char in c# Win. Form
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if the byte code is 1111111111111101 then answer should come �

any piece of code snippet is appreciated

Thanks in advance

Posted 21-Nov-14 19:47pm

agent_kruger

Updated 24-Nov-14 23:48pm

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-21T20:03:00

Solution 1

Try just casting it:

C#

byte b = Convert.ToByte("01100001", 2);
char c = (char)b;
Console.WriteLine(c);

(You can't enter binary constants in C#, just hex or decimal)

Posted 21-Nov-14 20:03pm

OriginalGriff

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agent_kruger 25-Nov-14 5:48am

sir, i am having the problem with 16 digit byte code which is "1111111111111101" and its value is "�". can you help me with this?

OriginalGriff 25-Nov-14 6:32am

You don't get 16 bit bytes: they are a fixed size of 8 bits.
So check exactly what you have and where you got it from, and post the code - I think you have something a bit confused...

agent_kruger 25-Nov-14 7:12am

no sir please see that many characters does return 16 bit. if you don't believe me then try changing value of "(char)65533" to byte code you will find out on your own.

OriginalGriff 25-Nov-14 7:27am

That's because char is a 16 bit datatype: byte is 8 bit.
Depending on what you are doing, and the source of the byte data you will have to treat it very differently.

The size of an actual character depends on the system: for modern Windows it's Unicode - 16 bits with a variable character size.
For a lot of systems (and some SQL datatypes) it's ASCII - 8 bits, fixed.

You can't just go "it's this" and assume it will work.